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Suddenly windows takes much longer to start
So a couple weeks back my computer started spending quite a long time after the log-in screen (~1 min+), and then shows me a black screen with just my cursor before the desktop loads (~2 mins). The latter of these was what drew my attention to it actually, since the computer had not done this before.
As far as I know, no new installations/system changes took place around the time that this started happening. When I first noticed the issue, I tried a system restore to a few days prior, but that did not remove the issue either. Have done virus scans and spyware scans, and disabled a bunch of services and startup programs, but the issue still persists. Hard drive integrity also does not appear to be an issue.
I guess I could probably chop down on boot time by disabling pretty much everything from the startup list, but was wondering if there are any known reasons that would suddenly cause boot to take much longer, even with more startups before. As far as I can tell, system works just fine after starting up. Might not be as fast or something, but I honestly can't tell.
Thanks!